Ah, you are correct, sir. My '94 MB-1 came to me with a full-zoot period upgrade: WTB Grease Guard hubs; XTR cassette, derailers and shifter/levers; XT "parallel-push" V-Brakes; Specialized cranks; White Industries titanium BB; Ritchey ti skewers. It's pretty neat.
On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 3:57:58 PM UTC-7, William wrote: > The 1993 MB1 wasn't XC Pro, though, but the 1992 was. The 1993 had Deore > XT derailers and shifters and rear hub. It had a swank 28 hole ultegra > hubbed front wheel. Ritchey(Sugino) cranks, Ritchey(Nitto) seatpost, > Ritchey(Dia Compe) brakes, Ritchey(Panaracer) tires. Sheldon has the > catalog of course (AASHTA) > > On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 3:51:04 PM UTC-7, Joe Bernard wrote: >> >> There's plenty of Suntour XC Pro stuff on Ebay, but personally I would >> lean more towards a "period build" than an absolutely accurate OEM. >> retrobike.co.uk will give you a good idea of this type of thing. Beware, >> though: That site will turn you into a maniac for rare and expensive '90s >> CNC parts. ;) >> >> On Wednesday, May 8, 2013 10:30:52 AM UTC-7, Brian Petrin wrote: >> >>> I'd been looking around for a nice MB-2 for some time, to go with my >>> 1992 RB-2, when I stumbled upon a 1993 MB-1 unused frame. I drove 400 >>> miles and bought it right away. The story behind the frame is that it was >>> supplied to somebody as a warranty frame. This person returned it with the >>> threads in the bottom bracket stripped a bit and insisted it be replaced, >>> which the bike shop did. The shop owner had the frame around for years and >>> eventually gave it to his friend, from whom I purchased it. He'd already >>> had the bottom bracket issue fixed. So this 18.5" frame is in perfect >>> unused condition save for a couple of slight scratches. I now have it >>> carefully wrapped in a blanket in my home office, not in the garage, while >>> I embark on rounding up the parts for an all original, if possible, build. >>> Which brings me to what I think will be the most challenging component, >>> the Ritchey Crown CrMo biplane fork. The color for the 1993 is Pearl Tusk >>> and as stated the frame measures 18.5 inches center to center. The head >>> tube measures 4.5 inches. >>> >>> Also, if anybody has ideas on how I can go about rounding up NOS parts >>> for this bike, please let me know. >>> >>> Brian Petrin >>> 425-417-8263 >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
